Button



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J. W. BEAUMONT. BUTTON.

1%. 515,188. Patented Feb. 20, 18-94.

THE NATIONAL umoanm nme COMPANY.

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JAMES WV. BEAUMONT, OF WATERBURY, CONNECTICUT.

BUTTON.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 515,188, dated February 20, 1894.

Application filed September 12,1892. Serial No. 445| 7- (N0 model-l To all whom it near/y concern:

Be it known that I, J AMES W. BEAUMONT, of Waterbury, in the county of New Haven and. State of Connecticut, have invented a new Improvement in Buttons; and I do hereby declare the following, when taken in connection wit-h accompanying drawings and the let-' ters of reference marked thereon, to be a full, clear, and exact description of the same, and which said drawings constitute part of this specification, and represent, in

Figure 1, a central section of the button complete; Figs. 2, 3, and 4. modifications represented in central section.

This invention relates to an improvement in that class of buttons which consist of a front or face. and a back, the back having a central opening into a chamber formed between the front and back, and which buttons are provided with an anvil within the button, made as a part of or constructed on the front,so that an eyelet-like fastener introduced through the material to which the button is to be attached, and through the opening in the back of the button, and forced therein, the anvil will cause the expansion of the end of the eyelet or tubular fastener within the button, so as to interlock the fastener with] the button, and secure the button to the garment. These buttons are made from sheet metal, the back of the button generally concavo-convex in shape. In introducing the fastener into the button, the button is placed upon one side of the garment, (or whatever the button is to be secured to,) and then the tubular eyelet like fastener is introduced from the reverse side, and forced through the material into the button. In many cases the pressure required to thus introduce the fastener is very considerable, and as this pressure must be sustained by the back of the button, it frequently occurs that the back of the button is crushed or forced toward the front so far as to practically destroy the button.

The object of my invention is to provide a support between the front and back, around the hole through the back of the button, and so as to enable the back to withstand the pressure brought upon it in the introduction of the fastener.

With these ends in view my invention consists in a button having certain details of construction as will be hereinafter described and pointed out in the claims.

A, represents the front or face of the button, and B the back, both made from disks of sheet metal, and united around their edges in the usual manner, by closing the one over the other. The back is of concavo-convex shape, so as to form a chamber between the front and back, around the opening C, in the center of the back. In the chamber, an anvil D, is arranged concentric with the opening C, in the back.

As represented in Fig. l, the anvil consists of a disk or base, E, from which the anvil D projects. As represented, the base E, of the anvil, sets into acorresponding recess formed upon the inside of the front.

To give to the back a support to resist the pressure which may be brought upon it in the introduction of the fastener, a flange F, is formed upon the inside of the back, around the opening C, the depth of the hub like flange corresponding to the distance between the front and back, or so that the edge of the open inner end of the flange may take a hearing within thebutton, and this flange diverges somewhat from the opening so as to produce the requisite expansion chamber around the anvil, for the reception and expansion of the fastener.

In the illustration, the edge of the flange bears upon the base of the anvil, and so as to serve to hold the anvil in its place. Instead 'of making the anvil separable from the front,

and looking it therein, as shown in Fig. 1, the

anvil may be made as a part of the front, as

seen in Fig. 2, G, representing the anvil. This is a common and well known construction of anvil, and for which any of the known constructions maybe substituted. flange around the opening of the back takes its bearing directly upon the front, and is there represented as made integral with the back, as in Fig. 1, but instead of making the flange integral with the back, it may be made separate therefrom, as seenin Fig. 3, in which the button-back is shown before its edge is turned down upon the front of the button which is represented by broken lines in the same form in which it is shown by Fig. 2. In this case, the flange is of an eyelet-like character, introduced through the opening in the In Fig. 2, the

back, so as to bring the flange H, of the eyelet, upon the outside of the back, and then the inwardly projecting portion of the eyelet, is expanded, as clearly shown, and so as to form a flange I, around the opening within the back, the same as in the first illustration. Or, instead of providing the button with an anvil which will produce a certain character of upsetting of the eyelet, the face of the button may be made flat upon the inside, as seen in Fig. 4, and the upsetting of the eyelet produced by forcibly bringing the end of the eyelet against the surface of the front of the button, that fiat surface serving as the anvil for the upsetting of the eyelet. These illustrations will be sufficient to enable others skilled in the manufacture of buttons to produce the flange within the button around the openlng.

In the button thus constructed, the pressure which is required to press the fastener through the material to which the button is to be attached is resisted by the internal flange or support around the opening, that flange or support being sufficient to resist the pressure and prevent the crushing, and the flange forms a recess around the anvil for the expansion of. the fastener, so as to interlock with the button inside the opening of the back.

While preferring the anvil first described, and as shown in Fig. 1, and which anvil constitutes the subject of another application, the invention is not to be understood as lim ited to that particular construction of anvil.

This construction permits the face of the button to be ornamented or embossed without regard to the anvil, further than the formation of the recess upon the inside to receive the base of the anvil, the flange or support of the back serving to hold the anvil in its place.

I amaware that a button having a front and back united at their edges and shaped so that a space is formed between them, is old, and also that it is old to strike the front of the said button inward to form an anvil, and to form a central opening in its back for the reception of the button-fastener, which is thus admitted to the anvil.

I am also aware that a button havinga flat front and a concavo-convex back is old, and that it is old to construct a button to prevent it from being crushed flatwise when subjected to pressure in the application ofthe button -fastener. I do not, therefore, broadly claim any of the constructions specified, my invention consisting in a hub-like flange extending from the back of the button inward to the inner face of the front of the button, and having its open inner end expanded to form an expansion chamber in which the button-fastener is upset, the said flange forming a reinforce, giving structural stiffness to the button under flatwise pressure. Furthermore, I do not wish to be understood as claiming in this application the particular form of anvil herein shown and described, inasmuch as that has been made the subject of another application filed by me May 31, 1892, and which eventuated in Patent No. 494,542, granted April 4, 1893.

I claim 1. The herein described button, consisting of a front and a back united together around their edges, and'shaped to form a space between them, the said back being constructed with a central opening, and furnished with an inwardly extending hub-like flange, the open inner end of which extends to the inner face of the said front, and which is expanded in the said space to exceedin its diameter the diameter of the said central opening to form an expansion chamber in which the button-fastener is upset, substantially as described, and whereby the said flange forms a reinforce, and gives structural stiffness to the button, preventing it from being crushed flatwise when subjected to pressure in the application of the button-fastener.

2. The herein described button, consisting of a front and a back united together around their edges, and shaped to form a space between them, the said front being furnished with a central inwardly projecting anvil, and the said back being constructed with a central opening in line with the said anvil, and with an inwardly projecting hub-like flange,

the open inner end of which extends to the IOL,

them, and the said front being constructed with a central recess upon its inner faceto receive and confine the said anvil, and the said back being constructed with a central opening in line with the said anvil, and with an inwardly projecting hub-like flange, the open inner end of which takes a bearing on the base of the anvil, and which is expanded in the said space to exceed in its diameter the diameter of the said opening, and thus form an annular expansion chamber between it and the anvil to receive and permit the expansion of the button-fastener, substantially as described.

In testimony whereof I have signed this specification in the presence of two subscribing witnesses.

JAMES W. BEAUMONT. Witnesses:

D. B. WILSON, C. R. RUssELL. 

